Lithgow Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
26.2 24.3 22.2 18.5 14.7 11.2 11.0 12.7 16.3 19.5 22.3 24.3 18.6
Mean Min (°C)
13.7 13.0 11.1 7.1 3.3 2.2 1.2 1.6 3.8 6.5 9.3 11.4 7.0
Mean Rain (mm)
85.3 80.9 77.2 57.5 49.0 70.0 61.6 56.7 54.7 61.5 65.9 79.2 781.6
Median Rain (mm)
76.4 59.4 54.0 49.8 37.1 57.9 47.2 52.1 48.0 57.2 51.8 63.9 764.8
Mean Rain Days
9.8 10.2 11.1 10.6 11.3 13.6 12.3 12.2 9.8 9.8 9.0 9.5 128.5

Lithgow Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
38.9 39.3 34.7 29.0 23.3 18.0 19.5 21.2 28.4 29.8 36.4 38.2 39.3
Low Max (°C)
13.2 12.1 12.7 7.6 6.5 3.6 4.2 4.1 7.0 7.0 9.2 12.6 3.6
High Min (°C)
23.5 24.5 19.2 15.3 13.5 11.1 10.7 13.4 16.4 17.6 21.2 22.8 24.5
Low Min (°C)
1.3 2.1 -0.2 -3.2 -7.7 -7.2 -9.3 -7.6 -6.0 -2.3 -0.8 1.0 -9.3
High Rain (mm)
125.7 100.3 244.1 102.1 66.0 105.7 134.6 106.2 115.8 62.2 73.0 90.7 244.1

Lithgow Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
30.0 28.7 24.6 22.1 16.5 12.4 13.2 15.0 19.5 22.0 26.0 28.5 20.0
Low Mn. Max (°C)
22.7 20.8 20.0 15.6 13.3 9.6 9.6 10.3 13.9 16.7 18.0 19.2 16.7
High Mn. Min (°C)
16.5 14.6 13.7 8.6 5.4 4.3 2.4 4.2 5.5 8.7 11.3 13.2 7.6
Low Mn. Min (°C)
12.0 11.7 8.3 4.5 0.7 0.9 -0.4 -0.3 2.0 4.9 6.7 8.3 6.3
High Rain (mm)
250.8 323.1 411.4 197.9 244.3 324.2 319.0 241.3 255.0 167.8 195.0 257.8 1444.9
Low Rain (mm)
0.0 1.3 0.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 3.2 3.1 0.5 466.2

Lithgow Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Lithgow annual climate

Lithgow Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≥ 35°C
1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 2.2
≥ 30°C
8.1 3.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 3.9 18.2
≤ 2°C
0.1 0.0 0.3 3.2 12.7 13.8 16.8 16.6 10.7 4.8 0.8 0.2 78.4
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 7.6 9.6 11.4 10.9 5.4 1.4 0.2 0.0 47.1

Lithgow 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
31.9 28.5 26.8 21.3 18.2 13.6 13.0 16.8 21.4 24.7 28.3 27.6 25.8
Low Max
20.7 18.2 17.3 13.1 11.4 8.3 7.5 8.4 11.0 13.5 16.0 17.7 10.5
High Min
16.4 16.2 14.1 10.5 8.2 6.8 5.0 5.2 8.0 11.1 13.6 14.5 13.4
Low Min
9.2 10.5 6.2 2.5 -1.5 -3.0 -3.9 -2.7 -0.1 1.7 6.4 6.8 0.2

Lithgow Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
18 18 18 17 17 18 19 19 19 18 18 18 17.0
Earliest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Maxima
18 18 18 17 17 18 19 19 19 18 18 18 17.0
Earliest Entry
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024
Years of Rainfall
110 110 109 102 102 101 105 103 104 104 104 101 100.0
Earliest Entry
1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878 1878
Latest Entry
2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2024

Station Details

LITHGOW (COOERWULL)
Central Tablelands, New South Wales/ACT
33.4769°S 150.1303°E 900m AMSL
Commenced 1878

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